- Jul 4, 2014
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Here's my 2 bits. My dd and I sat down for a phone session with NCSA. What they offered sounded good. I liked the look of their website plus some of the tools they offered us. When we first spoke with NCSA, although DD was just starting out in her sophomore year, she had already started reaching out to college coaches and they were starting to make contact with her. What we found was that we didn't need help with "trying to figure out which schools in which state DD wanted to go to". We were already past that stage. We were also pass the stage where we needed someone to tell DD what to do in order to get a coaches' attention or how to get on their radar. We had already narrowed down our list of schools and were already writing coaches and getting responses (note DD's focus is academic D3s). Seeing that we were doing much of the legwork ourselves already, we decided against NCSA.
A couple of months later, we joined CSC (Collegiate Softball Connection) with Cathi Aradi. We've been with her for 6+ months now and continue to be very happy with her services. 1.) She specializes solely in Softball. 2.) DD had a fairly narrow list of schools she's interested in (I don't recommend this for most - but this is what DD wanted so we are supporting her with her decision) and felt that Cathi could really help us with our quest. 3.) She's available for very specific questions and directions 24/7 and responds literally immediately. 4.) The cost for her service is a fraction of NCSA. These were the reasons why we joined. Within 6 weeks of joining CSC, DD received unsolicited interest from half a dozen schools - which tells me that Cathi markets her kids very well.
I'm not sure if we would have gotten this from NCSA. Maybe we would, maybe we wouldn't. Regardless, that's not what we consider valuable in Cathi's services. I love the fact that I can call her / email her / text her with questions (regardless how stupid they are) during my waking hours and am able to get a response immediately. She doesn't have a fancy website like NCSA but that's okay. She has a great reputation with college coaches and has successfully placed kids at schools at a fraction of the price.
A couple of months later, we joined CSC (Collegiate Softball Connection) with Cathi Aradi. We've been with her for 6+ months now and continue to be very happy with her services. 1.) She specializes solely in Softball. 2.) DD had a fairly narrow list of schools she's interested in (I don't recommend this for most - but this is what DD wanted so we are supporting her with her decision) and felt that Cathi could really help us with our quest. 3.) She's available for very specific questions and directions 24/7 and responds literally immediately. 4.) The cost for her service is a fraction of NCSA. These were the reasons why we joined. Within 6 weeks of joining CSC, DD received unsolicited interest from half a dozen schools - which tells me that Cathi markets her kids very well.
I'm not sure if we would have gotten this from NCSA. Maybe we would, maybe we wouldn't. Regardless, that's not what we consider valuable in Cathi's services. I love the fact that I can call her / email her / text her with questions (regardless how stupid they are) during my waking hours and am able to get a response immediately. She doesn't have a fancy website like NCSA but that's okay. She has a great reputation with college coaches and has successfully placed kids at schools at a fraction of the price.